KEWS FROM HE WESTERN SHIES.
MURDERED BY ROBBERS.
fcother and Daughter Killed and th Paltry
Bum of ISO Taken.
Mrs. Foley, it widow, nged OS years, and
her unmarried daughter, Fannie, aged 40,
were found murdered In their borne near
Liberty, Mo., curly Wtdncsdny morning.
The murder appear to have Iwn committed
(or the Hole purpose of robbery. The robber
or robbers ransacked the house. Fifty dol
lars, all Hint was secured, was taken from
the foot of tho bed on which tho woman bail
lent.
William Foley, nged 25, a son and brother
of the niiinlorcd women, lid visiteu a neigu
bor Tuesday and returning home after mid
night wn Hint to discover the dead bodies In
the bedroom dressed In their night gowns
and licspattored with blood. They had both
been shot, the mother through the head and
the daughter in the back
The assassin or nssnsslns hnd fired at Mrs.
Foley through one of tho front windows.
The bnllpt lodged In the head of tho bed
stead. Jlotll women evidently became fright
ened anil ran Into tne licit room in tne rear.
The door was then forced and the bloody
work completed,
DEATH OF A FAMOUS JUDGE.
. i
Parker, Who Sentenced SOO Hen to Hang
Died at Ft Smith,
Isnaa O. Parker, the fnmous "Hanging
Judge" of Arkansas, died at his home at Ft.
Smith, Ark., Nov 17, after live months of
keen suffering, caused by Ilrlght's disease.
Not perhaps since the time of Jeffreys, the
historical "Hanging Judge'' of the reign of
James H., anil his somewhat lee noted sue
eosiior. Judge l'ago, has there been so re
morseless a trial Judge on the bench.
When President Grant appointed him to
the position which he tilled until his death,
Judge Parker became known as n Jurist who
nover let a criminal escape, once a trial
was begun, un'.ll he hnd been properly sen
tenced for his siu, and the community or the
man tried never complained about the letter
of tho law being fulllltedto the fullest meas
ure. During his 22 years on the bench .fudge
Tarker sentenced over 200 criminals to death.
Judge Parker has his defenders, and, to
give him a share of the stern justice ho was
imnell so fond of, It mu-t be said that his
apparent rigor was Justilled by the Infamy
ot tils surrounding'.
Most of his Judgements were final. There
Was no court of appenls, except the Presi
dent ot tho United mates, and ilint function
ary seldom changed the declelon of the Ar
kansos court. During Judge Parker's long
term on the bench, tho records show that
from 80 to 00 per cent of the trials brought
before him resulted in conviction.
WHOLE VALLEY FLOODED.
Washington and Oregon Rivers Higher
Than Ever Before.
A dispatch from Mt. Vornon, Wash., saysi
The present flood In the Kkagit valley Is the
worst In Its history. The wholo valley Is
under water, and great dnmngo will ensue
to the farmers through loss of hay,
stock and fences. The country between
Mt. Vernon and Lauonnor is submerged,
while to tho south there Is one vast lake. At
Mt. Vernon the water is 15 Inches higher
thau ever known, and the town has been
saved only by great exertions of the citizens.
The ilyki s were manned all of Hundny night,
and it wns not until Mouduy morning the
Hood began to recede.
The CowlitK river Is higher than ever bo
tore and still rising. All log booms have
broken loose and millions of feet of logs and
thousands of cords of shingle bolts have
gone. The valleys ot the W hite nnd Black
rivers are covered with witter, and the loss
to farmers will be large.
Blizzards in Oregon
Great damage has been done nt Portland,
Ore., by Hoods and blizzards. Railroads are
blocked and bridges have been carried
away. Near North Yaknml, W. W. Bolvln
son and John Larson were drowned In the
Yaknml river while trying to rescue a drown
ing oompaulon, who ulso perished.
Northern Psoiflo Sold.
All the franchises and real and personal
property of the Chicago A Northern Paclllo
railroad was sold at auuttou at Chicago for
8,000.000. The sale was made to W illiam
Alien Duller, on behalf of the bondholders'
committee.
WILL CONTEST KENTUCKY'S VOTE
The Democrats Allege Irregularity and
Fraud.
The Stnto Demoornllc Committee has defi
nitely decided to ooutest the election of 11
McKinley electors in Kentucky. The Demo
crats concede the election of tho foremost
MuKlnlev elector, 8. H. Kash, who ran 244
votes ahead of W. H. Hniith, the lending
Bryan elector, who In turn ran ahead of his
associates by over 2.000 voted, tho other 11
McKinley electors receiving a greater num
ber ot votes than the other Bryan electors.
The grounds of a contest lire given as Ir
regularity nnd fraud in a large number ot
counties. The Hepublicutis make as many
charges ot irregularity and fraud as the
Democrats. The state contest board is com
posed entirely of Republicans.
DELAWARE SHAKEN UP.
An Earthquake Jarred Building! In Wil
mington. An earthquake shock lasting a few seeondi
was distinctly felt at Wilmington, DoL. about
3 o'clock Friday afternoon. It was thought
at first one of the Duponts mills bad blown
up. The trembling ot the earth was so vio
lent that several rocks were Jarred out of the
ihaaslve walls of Orace church. The shook
mado a big crack iu the walls near the ehlin
uey of Dr. A. 11. i'raulz's houso and several
other buildings about town are reported to
have been damaged. The shock was also
felt in this entire neighborhood.
A rumbling noise, accompanied by vibra
tions which shook buildings and oontlnued
for several seoonds, startled the people in
various porta of Gloucester oouutyk New
Jersey. .
CHANG GETTING CIVILIZES.
He Appoint Two Christian Chinese Women
Delegates to Convention.
Mrs. B. B. Cowen, corresponding secretary
.! the Methodist Foreign Missionary society,
jias just received word through missionary
ehaunels that Li Hung Chung has appointed
two Cnristian Chinese women delegates for
China to the woman's oongress to meet in
London, 1808. This is au innovation on the
part ot the Chinese government, whiob, from
time immemorial, has kept women iu
seclusion.
The annotates are Margarita Whang and
Dr. Hukiug tug. Both woreeduoated iu the
United Htatea uy tne sietnnuist episcopal
church. Dr. Eng graduated from an Ameri
can medical college aud Miss Whang was
duoated ut Delaware, O.
NEWSY NOTES.
The supreme court of Missouri bus ap
pointed Mrs. Jennie Edwards to the offloa of
HUH uurariau tur term u si jow
Peoole still com Del x-oandldto Bryan to
Mtt speeches from train platforms. Bryan
alre mat tn stiver ngui wu go tw,
A WARDEN KILLED.
He Jumped From a Train After an Eiosplng
Prisoner
An exciting scons occurred at Kmsworth
on the Ft. Wayne mil road, Thursday, which
resulted In the denth ot Thomas Mct'rea
warden ot the Erie Jail.
McCrennnd Deputy '. F. Llcliel. of Erie.
were on their way to the Western Peniten
tiary with 2.1 prisoners. The trip from Krie
to Pittsburg was passed without incident
until r.mswortn was rencnoa. iiere tne train
boy opened the door In which the prisoners
and olllcers were, nnd Instantly one of the
prisoners, Patrick Cronln, pushed the boy
aside nnd made a break lor liberty.
t 'renin wns chained to six other prisoners
nnd In some manner he succeeded In picking
the lock on the handcuffs. He reached the
platform of the train and Jumped. The
train was going at nign speed and wnen
t'ronln struck the ground he turned a som
ersnult aud struck on his head. Ha was
rendered unconscious.
Mct'rea followed the escnned prisoner and
wns more unfortunate. He landed squarely
on nis nenu.
As soon as possible the train was stonned
nnd Deputy Lichee went bock to the scene of
tne attempted night of cronln. Jlotu men
mere brought to Allegheny.
t'ronln had regained consciousness, and
wns tnken to the Central station. Director
Murphy ordered the mnn taken to the pen.
tentlary. where his Inlurles were attended to.
Mct'rea wns token to the Allegheny General
hospital, where he died Just before reaching
tne institution.
E1TEB BY CANNIBALS.
Revolting Tale of the Fat of Gold Hunters
on the Solomon Island.
Following close upon tho detail of the
massncro of Baron Von Norbeclt nnd tho
party of scientists from the Austrian guard
ship Albatross by nntlves of the famous
Colony croup ol Inlands, comes the history
of treachery and death ut the hands of these
violent cannibals. News received bv the
steamer Alameda from Hydney, that the
steamship Titus that was recently dispatched
from Australia to visit tho const of New
(tulana nnd the Holomons Is In at Port Jack
son, on her return voyage from Marnu sound,
Hoiomon group. The vessels lily near Bour
gulnvllle for some duvs nnd Instituted a
search for a party of gold hunters, lx whites
nnd live natives, who started ill a wlinlehout
for the new gold fields ot Mnuliara from Hum
ourlu. The olllcers of the Titus, who woro
at Port Jackson on the th of October, re
port that it Is their belief that the llrst party
ot whites were massacred nt ltour
galnville by the head hunters, or on
the coast directly across tho straits.
The Titus fell in with the revenue cutter
Lilly ltock, which was also cruising on a
search lor the party, nnd learned from Cnp
tuln Dates of that craft that the investigation
Instituted by the government ofllcers proved
beyond a shadow ot doubt that the gold
hunters hnd put ashore :o pitch camp on the
bench, bad been bet rn veil bv their native
guides, killed nnd probably eaten. A Win
chester title and a revolver were found In a
nittlye village, and the weapons were identi
fied as tho property of the gold hunters.
Later It wns leurned that the gold seekers'
whalebont was in the possession of a chief on
one of the Holomons, aud that various other
property of the prospectors was scattered
among the coast villages ol the islands. The
Wlutn men were undoubtedly butchered, and
It is surmised that the nntlves' attack on
them was a surprise cleverly planned.
FIVE MILLIONS
To Be Expended in Fort Below New
Orleans.
Several weeks ago Major J. B. QuInu.Uolt-
ed Htatos Englnccr,rccogulzlng tho compara
tively defenseless position of Now Orleans
against a foreign foe, evolved an elaborate
plan for the building of forts 12 miles below
the city, nt what is called tin) English Turn.
Tho plans ot Major Qulnu tnke Into consider
ation tne expenditure of nearly f3.000.000.
nml tho establishment of tho forts would re
quire fully three years.
ine importance ol the suggestions wns
recognized by tho United Mates authorities
Having in cnurge tnu work of erecting the
fortlllcations ulong tho gulf coast, and the
uoara oi formications, convicting ol colonel
H. M. llobert. the chairman ot the board:
fl.inul U T 1 0, -I. .... . . t ,. V....1 ... . t.
special duty, and Colonel (leorge L. tillles-
pie, proceeded down tho river to make neces
sary examinations in connection with the
project put forward hy Major yulnn.
Ft. 1st. Philip and Ft. Jnckson are at n res
ent the only protection to the city. The Gov
ernment has lecently made considerable Im
provements at these forts, und equipped
them with two large guns each.
PLAGUE BAVAGE8 IN CUBA.
Ootober'i Mortality Prom Yellow Fever
Wa Unusually Great.
Dr. Burgess, sanitary Inspector of tho
mnrine hospital service at Havana, reports
to Hurgcon General Wyman that thoro was
greater mortality from yellow fever at
Havana auriug October tnnn any month ot
this year, und that smallpox has In no sense
dimlnlsned. During October there were
1.182 death in this city. Two hundred and
seventy-two of those deaths woro caused by
yeuow lever an'i iu oy smnupox.
During tne weea ending NovemDer a tliero
were 805 deaths, 70 of which were oaused bv
yollow fever, with 200 new eases approxi
mately! 38 were caused by smallpox with
approximately 200 new cases. Hixty-throe of
the deaths from )ollow fever during the
week were among (Spanish soldiers In the
military hospitals. Other reports from Cuba
are as follows: Oardonas, 84 coses and 5
deaths from yellow fever; Kandiago, 9 deaths
from yellow fever; Clentugos, 22 deaths from
yellow fever and 4 from smallpox.
THE BLIND CAN SEE
By tli Aid of the Cathode Bay and the
Fluoroscopy
Luclen Butdlgalupl, a totally blind boy,
ay he can lee objects by the use ot the
cathode ray, flucu is the statement made by
Dr. Waverly Clark, a physician. Young
Bacllgulu pi's father conducts a phonograph
and kluetoaoope establishment iu Huu Fran
cisco, nnd among the attractions ot the place
Is au X-ray apparatus. The boy, Iu company
with Dr. Clark, visited his father's place and
la fun was asked to go Into the X-ray room
and ascertain if he oould sea auything. The
boy baa been totally blind for fourteen years,
but as soon a he put the fluorosoope to hi
eyes, exolalmed he could see. He was able
to distinguish different objects, but without
the use of the X-ray wa as blind as ever.
Dr. Ciark, in speaking of ths matter, said
that there was probably a Him over the boy's
eye which was impenetrable by ordinary
light Dut which wa pierced by the power
ful ruys.
S0VEBEIGN EE-ELECTED.
Knight of Labor Seleot Offlosr The Exeeu'
tiy Board.
The General assembly of the Knight of
Labor at llocbester, N. Y., expelled C. G,
Conn, editor ot the Wushlngton "Times," for
malicious statement concerning tho general
ofuuers. H. B. Martiu, Minnesota; Andrew
B. Best. Brooklyn, and Duulei Brown.
Moutaua, were elected as the executive
uoaru. j. n. sovereign was re-elected gener
al master workman, and General Heoretury
Treasurer Hayes was re-elected, both wltu
out opposition.
BUSINESS GAINING.
Industries Reviving in an Unprecedented
Way.
tt. fi. Dun A Co. In their weekly review of
trade snyi The gain In volume of business
continues entirely without precedent. Moro
thau 300 establishments have started work
since the election Which wore Idle, and ut
'east 8O0 hnv Increased working force.
mnklng 890 concerns which are known to
have added largely to the number ot hands
at work, ami these are only part of tho whole
number. Every day thus adds thousands to
the number of those who are able tj buy a
week's supplies, nnd to maka up gradually
for months of enforced economy. Already
this brings great increase In the volume of
business nnd the clearing-bouse exchange
for the first time In several years, not only
exceed those ol last year by 10 per cent, but
oiso exneeu tnose ol me same week In 1802
by 9 per cent. Business men are all anxious
to prevent anything like the fictitious excite
ment of last summer, and In nearly all
branches nn excessive rise In price Is pre-
veiiuMi. nut witn more nnnus nt wora mere
Is Inevitably n greater demand for supplies,
materials nnd products.
The speculative markets hnvo been react
ing, which Is also natural. Wheat had risen
with wonderful rapidity, so that exports hail
been checked by the higher prices nnd real
izing stnrti'd a break, which mado the close
8;,' c lower for the week. It nppenrs rncillo
exports of whent, flour Included, wero nearly
3,000.000 bushels Inrger July 1 to November
1 than Inst year, nnd nil other exports about
18,800,000 bushels larger, or more thnn 60
fier cent, and In November Atlantic exports
inve been 4,49:1. 100 bushels, flour Included,
ngnlnst 4,763,745 bushels Inst year. The de
mand for freight room, both here nnd on tho
Paclllo eoast, Is still so large ns to disclose
nn extraordinary foreign demand. Western
receipts for tho month thus fnr have been
only 14,700,888 bushels, ngnlnst 23,808,811
bushels Inst year, but the visible stocks con
tinue to Increase, although tho milling re
turns slightly exceed those ot lost or any
previous year.
Cotton has declined from 8 n to 7.62 e In
spite ol the etnrtlng of ninny cotton mills,
aim ine controlling met lor tlm moment is
that report f a yield smaller than 8,000,C00
bales are now entirely discredited.
llrndstreot review of tho New York stock
market says:
Prim have been Irregulnrly depressed
during the inst week and the professional
element In the stock market have generally
assumed a bearish attitude. The firm condl
Hon of the Loudon money market checks any
exhibition of foreign speculative Interest In
our stocks, while our own outside public's
purchasing hns nppnrently lieen replaced by
n disposition to realize profits or to liquidate
holdings of long stock. There has conse
quently been cunslilernble pressure of actual
holdings on the mnrket, but it must never
theless be admitted that the upsetting Influ
ences hnvo In the main originated with the
class of operators, largo and small, who lire
permanently active in tne market.
STARTED BY SFECULAT0B3.
The Spanish War Soar Had It Origin in
Frandulent Menage.
Au explanation of the Hpnulsh war scare
was mado by the correspondent of a Chicago
paper. He Is well acquainted with a firm
of New York nnd Washington brokers who
received one day Inst week n telephone mes
sage purporting to come from the oorre
responilent, saying that he had Just come
from the state department, where ho had
learned from n private source that the Presi
dent bad ordered the North Atlantic squad
ron to Cuba nnd had directed the secretary
of war to semi at once all nvnilnble troops to
the Gulf states. Tho W ashington brokerage
olllco sent the information to New York, and
soon alter several New York linns received
telegrams signed with the initials only of a
L'niteil Htatos senator, who is known to be
an active speculator. The Washington broker
Immediately hunted up the Chicago corre
spondent in the hope of getting moro dollnito
lulormatlon, and was surprised to learn that
the corrcspuudont knew nothing whatever of
the mutter, it was also discovered that the
senntor whose Initials wero signed hnd sent
no message to New York, and It then devel
oped that the scare was hatched up through
a conspiracy ot Washington speculators, who
are not named, who, were short on certain
sensitive stocks, nnd had thus attempted to
bear the market in order to be enabled to
cover without loss.
SWINDLING SYNDICATE.
Philadelphia Man Arrested for Theft
Amounting to $30,000.
John R. Patterson was arrested at Phlla-
adelphia by detectives on a warrant from
Now York charging him with grand larceny
In the first degree. He Is charged with
thefts amounting to (30,00. Patterson I a
member of a gang of swindlers. New Y'ork
police olllclali say his home Is In Philadel
phia and that he has made flying trips to
New Y ork, where with his confederates he
obtained goods from business firms to the
amount of f:)0,000. The victims wore prin
cipally dealers in produce who consigned
goods to tho swindlers.
CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
An Armenian Bishop Found Guilty by th
Turks.
The Turkish special tribunal has sentenced
the Armenian bishop at Hoxsokcin to death.
Ho was condemned becuuao during the riots
in Constantinople, u loaded revolver was
found Iu his house. There is no other
charge whatsoever against him.
Moreover the hbdioc was absent from
homo nt the time, und uuou this ground un
appeal was taken ngaiust the judgment of
tne special triuuual, but tne court ol appeals
has confirmed the sentence of tho tribunal.
Farmer Prosperous.
The nrosnecta ot tho crops for next year
are as favorable Iu Nebraska as can be hoped.
Most of the corn is yielding from 60 to 70
bushels por aare aud Immense quantities of
grain are being snipped eastward from
stations along tho Burlington and Missouri
Kuilrond. There will be a large Increase In
the acreage of winter wheat over last year.
All tne sou oonaitiona point to another
bumper crop for '97. The era of cheap farm
la rapidly on the wane.
South Dakota Vot Clos.
Official returns are now In from all tha
eouutles in this state. They show the elec
tion by the fuslouist ot congressmen, gov
ernor, attorney general, auditor and railway
commissioners by pluralities running from
107 to BOO. TUe plurality of electors la 101.
J lie republicans get tne state treasurer by
by the sniull margin of two vote und state
superintendent and (uoretury ut state, each
by less tnau iw,
TELEOBAPH TICKS.
There are disastrous flood In Orogon,
Ths United btuto army oost 10,074,488
last year.
Postmaster Massing I a candidate for
muyor of Chicago.
The K. of L, general assembly will meet
next year in Louisville.
Th Fan-American Medical oongress wa
welcomed to the City of Mexico Dy President
Diaa.
INTERESTING CENSUS FIGURES.
Li Than Sis Mai to On Fmal Km
ployed in th United State.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of
labor, In charge ot the eleventh census, hat
transmitted to the secretary of the Interior a
special report on the statistic of occupa
tion. The census bulletin on occupations.
Issued mre than a year and a half ago, gave
umy me i in re niimners ol persons engnged In
remnnerntlvo work nt the census ol 18110,
but this special report presents detailed In
formation. It shows lor the first time In
census work the number of colored persons
engaged Inench occupation sepurnte nnd dis
tinct from the unlive nnd foreign white ele.
tnents of the population and other hitherto
uncompiled figures.
The most Interesting feature of the report
relate to the question of the unemployed.
Hlmllnrdatn relative to the unemployed were
collected at the census of 1880, but were not
compiled, so that this Is the first time Iu tho
federal census that Information ol this chnr
acter has been presented In connection with
the statistics of occupations derived from
answers made on tho population schedule.
These figures simply show the aggregnto
number of persons unemployed for different
lengths of time and to a very considerable
vxtent.probnbly at different times during the
census year. They did not show the net
period, after making nllownnc for tho time
when not engnged at their principal or usual
occupation, during which their service may
have been utilized nt some other kind ol
work. The census enumerators were fully
Instructed, but tho returns were not com
plete enough to warrant compilation.
There were 22,736,6111 persons, 10 years of
age nnd over, engaged In gainful occupa
tions In 1800, of whom 18,01,000 were mnles
nnd3,014,671 females. Of these 3,013,117
males and C10.G13 tcmnles.or a total of 8,623
780 person wero unemployed at their prin
cipal occupations during some part of tha
census year, ending Muy 81, 18110. Of tho
whole number of persons so unemployed,
1,818,806 were unemployed from cine lothne
months; 1.308.418 from four to six months,
nnd 820.447 from seven to twelve months.
This Is equivalent, approximately, to 1,180,.
071 persons unemployed at their principal
occupation for the entire twelve months, and
this number would represent 6.01 per c ut of
the total number of persons engaged In
gninful occupations Iu 1800. Divided as to
sex, the approximate number of mules un
employed ut their principal occupation for
the entire senses year was 072,001, represent
ing 6.16 per cent of the whole number of
umlcs at work, while the antiroximntn num
ber of females unemployed nt their principal
occupations during the snmo period was
nw.eia representing 4.28 per cent of tho
whole number of females nt work.
ATTEMPT TO KILL WEYLER.
Train He Wa Supposed to Be On Blown
Up With Bomb.
A railroad train wa blown up between
Punttt Ilrava and Candolarla, Pluar del ltio.
Captain General Weyler was at C'nudelarln
for a short time, and it is believed the
authors ot the explosion supposed the enp-
iniii-Kuorni to ue ou tuo train wnicn was
blown up, but he had left Caudcliirla several
hours belore the explosion.
l ne damage to tho train was occasioned
bv the simultaneous cxnlosion of three dvnn-
mlte bombs, accompanied by a torrlllo de
tonation. The engine aud several cars were
derailed aud a tremendous column of smoke
nnd dust was raised. Immediately upon the
explosion of the bombs there were several
dischargi-s of rillo shots. The engineer,
II reman and conductor ot the train, six sol
diers nnd several passengers were wounded.
The wounded passengers wore placed ou u
rouci train ami taken uncx to i atuii'iiuia.
The train for Han Cristobal stonned over
night nt Mangus. nnd the lines being Inter
rupled returned to Cnttdclarlu.
1 lie news of the explostou caused consid
erable excitement ill Havana, as It was
knowu that ( nptalu-Oeneinl Weyler wns iu
that neighborhood nnd tho railroad line was
being used for the transportation of troops.
POURED SHOT INTO HIS CELL.
Virginia Lynchers Try to Kill a Negro,
but FaiL
At 1 o'clock Tuesday morning eight or ten
men went to tho Prince Edwnrd county jail
nt Fnrmville, Vn., for tho purpose of lynch
ing KUhn Johnson, the uegro eonllned there.
iu, lor assaulting and robbing ou the High
way Max Price, from near Itlchmoiid.
rinding that they could not get at Johnson
to hang him, they II red through the window.
As he rolled olT his bed n load of shot struck
him In the fleshy part of the back, indicting
a painful wound. Volley nfter volley was
tired and tho moo, thinking they had killed
Johnson, departed.
There is no clue to the perpetrators. It
being deemed advisable to get Johnson out
of Fnrmville as soon us possible, ho was
taken Into court in the nftcririou, arraigned
ou two indictments, pleaded guilty, und was
sentenced to twenty yearn in the penitentiary
nnd is now safely lodged In that institution.
GEORGIA'S NEW SENATOR.
Alexander Stephen Clay Win the Honor
on the Thirty-First Ballot
Alexander Htephens Clay ot Cobb county,
chairman of the Democrntio state executive
committee and ex-nresldent of the state sen
ate, was nominated for United Htates sena
tor to succeed John B. Gordon, by the Dem
ocratic legislature caucus Monday afternoon.
The nomination was in ode on the thirty
first ballot at 3:53 p, m. The vote was:
Clsy, 05; Howoll, 40; Lewis, 18; Norwood,
6; Walsh, 3 Glrnrd, 2. As soon as the vote
was announced pandemonium reigned, Mr.
Clay was wuitlug in the sennto chamber und
the cheering roacbod his ears. Hu knew he
was elected. His frlonds Immediately rau
over to where he was and escorted him to
the house, where his presence created a
scene of wild enthusiuam.
Three Young People Killed.
W lion Misses Lulu and Lixzle Llud and A.
L. I'ollick, a young attorney, were return
lug homo iu a buggy some miles west of
Concord, Ky., "Flyer No. 4," on the Ciies
pcakc A Ohio railroad, struck the buggy, at
the Flrat street crossing, burling the occu
pants some M) feet into the uir, and killing
them almost Instantly. The tram wo going
about 60 miles uu hour, und, as the depot
was between thorn and tho train. It 1b sup
posed that they did not hear It coining.
A Baptist University
A movement was started in Philadelphia to
establish a Baptist university In Philadelphia.
It came up at a conference of Baptist minis
ters held In the old Tabernacle church, Eigh
teenth and Chestuut streets, Mouduy, when
tho project to take Temple college from the
charge of Bev. Dr. ltuasell H. Conweil aud
place It under the direct charge of the church
was discussed, Die ultimate object beiug to
establish from this nucleus a great Baptist
university with accommodation lor 2,000
student.
Captain in the Cuban Army.
Frank l'uuston, sou ot ex-Oougrossman
E. F. Funstou, wiio departed fur Cuba sever
al months since, writes that he is now an ar
tillery captaiu In tha lusurgeut army aud
tell ol several hot engagements with th
Hpaniards In Puerto Prtudpa previous to
Outobur 10, the date ot the letter. There are
number ot Aruerluaus, be says, in his ooui
puuy, To Prohibit Foot BalL
Citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, who are op
posed to foot ball beld a meeting to dlsuuss
the killing of Bert Herf, the quarter back of
the Doane College eleven. It wa decided
to ask the legislature to pus a bill uiaklug
the playing ol fqot ball uUduineanor.
EiiEsr iiiffLiinf n cm
WETLER'S WAITING WAR.
Hi Mortal Blow To B Btruoh AfWr
' Christmas.
Gen. Weyler has been Interviewed In the
faca camp, near the town ot Ban Cristobal,
province of Pinar del Bio. He expressed
himself as confident of Bonn putting an end
m the Insurrection. He snld, after declaring
:lmt he was satisfied with the operations that
lave been curried on up to the present time,
that he believed that the Insurgents did not
have In the hills supplies sulllclcnt to last
Ihem for moro than three engngements.
after these engngements hnd occurred It
would be easier to estimate the resources of
the rebels, but he believed that it would then
be found thnt their ammunition wasexhaust
rd. Ho ndded that he still bad 16 or 20 (lavs'
work to perform nt the camp to complete ids
preparations for an advance on the rebels,
but that he would wnlt until nfter Christmas
before ho moved his troops forward. Then
ho would strike a mortal blow at the Insur
rection. When questioned concerning tho position
of Maceo, tho rebel lender, Own. Weyler au
iwcred :
"The last news 1 received about him locat
ed him south ot the Western rnllway.nn which
Han Cristobal Is located. He Is unwilling to
meet our columns even when his force are
in good positions. We will see."
This Indicates that the results ot Weyler'
campaign are still in the future. Maceo la
apparently following his old tactics of draw
ing the Spaniards as fur as possible Into the
hills from the base of supplies, when by di
viding his forces Into small commands, he
will be able to continually harass them with
zuerllln tactics for which they have no liking.
Some distance to the west of Han Cristobal
re mountain passes where a cottipnrntlvo
few rebels would bo able to hold their own
sgulnst any force that Hpnln could send
sgatnst them, and It Is thought that Weyler
sill not meet the elusive Maceo until he
semi's upon him unexpectedly In some of
the mountain fastnesses.
Spain Fortifying Havana.
Hevernl new guns have beo mounted on
the sen front near Moro Castle, passengers
from Havana report, nnd other fortlllcations
on the Cuban const are being strengthened.
Two more Hpanlsh spies arrived at Jackson
ville. Their mission Is said to be not only
watch the Cuban lenders, but learn about
government fortlflcutlons. Another large
expedition is being quietly planned by the
Florida Junta. Great quantities of supples
have been hidden nt a poiut easy of access on
Iho gulf.
K.OFL. DECLARES FOR SILVER.
Denounce th Attempt to Legiilats the
leans of Money to National Bank.
The general assembly of Knights of Labor
In session at Rochester declared for free sil
ver. The action was taken In the n 1 ptlon of
sn additional clause to the seventeenth plunk
of the declaration, submitted by tin commit
tee on law. As originally framed this plank
held thnt Interest-bearing bonds, bills of
?rndit or uotes should never be issued by the
government, but that when need arises the
emergency should be met by tho issue of leg
bI tender non-Interest bearing money. To
this was ndded the following:
'And that gold and silver when so issued,
hall be free und unlimited coinage at the
ratio ot 10, to 1 regnrdless of tha action of
any other nation."
The proposition to reduce the ratio of
representation ot district, state and national
assemblies was voted down. A new propo
sition, granting representation to Isolated
local ussemplics attached directly to the gen
eral assembly on it basis of a delegate for
the llrst thousand members, and one for
uch additional thousand or majority frac
tion thereof, was adopted, which gives repre
lentatlon to between 60,000 nnd 00,000 mem
bers who are not now entitled to representa
tion. A resolution was adopted thnt the general
sssmbly denounce the attempt Boon to be
made to take from tho government of the
people the sovereign right to Issue mouey
md leaving It entirely under the control of
the national bnuks, and culls upnn the peo
ple everywhere to watch their representa
tives In congress nnd demand from them
inch legislation us will continue the issuance
)t government money in preference to
pouey of national bank or corporations.
BIGHT FOB THE BLIND.
Experiment By Edison With th X Ray
Remit Favorably.
Thomas A, Killson has verified the experi
ments reported to have been mado In Han
Francisco, In which, by means of the onthodo
& ray, a blind boy hud been uble to distin
guish light. Edison experimented on two
subjects, both blind, from Newurk, N. J.
Many tubes were tried, each with Increased
strength, nnd Anally the subject were en
abled to distinguish flushes. One otthe men
was able, after a time, to say when the light
was turned on an off.
The most successful result were attained
with the aid of a red globe, and it I Edison's
Intention to continue experimenting in this
line until much more satisfactory result are
arrived at, which hoconlldently predicts will
bo soon.
ALABAMA'S OFFICIAL VOTE.
Bryan and Bewail Led MoKinley By Ovei
50,000.
The official vote of Alabama was ascertain,
ed by the state canvassing board to be as
follows: Bryuu aud Hewall, 107,187; Bryan
and Watson, 24.080, McKinley. 54,737; Pal
iner, 0,400; Leyerlug 2,147. Plurality tor
congressmen First district, Taylor, 7,610;
riecoud, rUulilug, 0,342; 1 bird, Clayton. 0,882;
Fourth, Plowman, 2,088; Fifth, lirower,4,845;
Hlxth, Bankhcad, 6.103; Hey. nth, Howard,
640; Eighth, Wheeler, 4,010; Mutb, Under
wood, 7,881. All Democrats, except How
ard, Populist. In the Heventh district.
Killed by Hi Viotim' Brother.
A. F- Avey, who was recently reappointed
secretary of tho school board at Muskogee,
I. T , shot ami killed the city marshal. But
Wiley, and Wiley's brother, a deputy United
Htatos marshal, shot aud killed Avey at Tab
lequa Tuesday.
Considerable bard feeling wa caused hy
the appointment of the new board of educa
tion. Avey had been a prominent man In
Cherokee politic for the last 10 years, while
the Wiley are sons of tha attorney general
of tho Cherokee nation.
Raw Sugar Supply.
This year' raw sugar supply of the world
surpasses that ot 1806, notwithstanding lilt,
enormou Cubun dutlot, accordlug to official
statistics received at the department of atate
from Consul-Geuerul Karel, ol Bt Peters
burg. Mr. Kurd report that the Bus
lau wheat and ryo shortage will be
more than mado up by the increased beat
sugar production, and adds that this in
crease Is common to other European coun
tries. Thrs Plant Burned,
Early Thursday morning fire destroyed
IheHtundurd Unrneaa Hardware company,
the Canton Pattern work, aud the Canton
Hpeclalty company' plant at Canton, O.
The loss 1 estimated at 30,0O0, with lusur
snoe covering less than butt that amount.
I'll Bra ia supposed to have started In th
lapanulug and dying room of the Harness
Hardware oompany, wjior a gaoHna Hoy
111 ued, , " " '
FOREIGN NEWS.
Boat. Sunk and th Orsw of Sixttsn Frtnoh
man Missing.
The torpedo boat known by the Noc 83
and 61, of the French navy, came Into oolli
slon during the maneuvers off Cap de
Lachevre. The former boat sank and It
crew Is missing. No. 01 was also bsdly dam
aged and was towed to Brest. No. 88 was
one of a series of 36 boats whose complement
of men was 10. Her length was 114 7-10 feet
and she bad h speed of 20 knot. No. SI I
slightly smaller, but also ha a complement
of 10 men.
India Plagni-8trlokn.
The Olympla. from Hongkong, brought
news thnt the plague in India is becoming
serious. At Calcutta vigorous precautionary
measures are ocmg taxen. 1 ne nospitai are
to be constructed nt an Isolated spot and
plana have been formed for an ambulance
corps. It Is estimated that 60,000 people
have left Bombay and Ahmedabad llnoe the
outbreak.
A Promise of Po.
Mgr. Msghnkl Ormanlan'i election a the
new Armenian patriarch Is an excellent sign
for peace In the future. An Imperial trade
will probably be Issued approving the lec
tion, nnd the next day the new patriarch will
enter upon his functions.
Collisry Explosion.
A n ro-namp explosion hns occurred in a
colliery at Itecklinghausen. Westphalia.
Twenty-five dead bodies have been recover
ed, and 40 or 60 were rescued alive. The
total number killed I about 30.
MURDERED IN NEW YORK.
Found Dying on th Sidewalk nd Nvr
Regalatd Cenieionan.
Frank P. Arbuckle, of Denver, Col., wa
found In an unconscious condition lying In
an obscure plans near vacant lot, just oft
the sidewalk, In a lot ot weeds, on th west
side of Eighth avenue between One Hundred
nnd fifty-second nnd One Hundred and
Fifty-third street, New York, at 2:45 o'olock
Friday morning. Ha died in the patrol
wngon on the way to a station house, with
out regaining consciousness. Thnt the man
was robbed nnd murdered Is believed from
incidents which occurred a short time prev
ious to his being discovered lying in tho
Weeds.
The nmbulnnco surgeon who was called
upon the ilmllng ot the dying man gave It a
his opinion that he was suffering from heart
disease. The police, however, are of the
opinion that the man came by his death at
the hands of thugs. Ten minutes before
Arbuckle was found a policeman passed the
plnce on his bent, aud he asserts positively
that there wns no ouo there then.
The police think it possible thnt knockout
drops may hnvo entered In the game, and
this an autopsy is to decide. While they be
lieve thnt Arbuckle was robbed, they do not
think he was slugged. Tho only bruise upon
Ins body is nn abrasion on the back ot the
head, which was evidently caused by bis
fall
NO UEE FOR THE WOMAN'S BIBLE.
Miss Willard Ee-eleotel Preiident of th
W. 0. T. U.
The Women's Christian Temperance union,
In session at Kt. Louis, agreed to aocept tho
Loyal Temperance Legion as a branch. A
resolution wns adopted requesting tnat the
W. C. T. V. and kindred societies remember
during Christmas time the needs of the Ar
menians and assist Ihem so far as possible.
Another resolution disclulmed anv connec
tion of the W. C. T. I', with the "Woman's
Bible,'' nnd regretted that the nnme had
been affixed to any version of Hacred Writ.
It was resolved to petition Congress to pre
vent the use of the bouse in which Presi
dent Lincoln died as a saloon.
'The old board of officers was re-elected as
follows: President, Frances E. Willard;
vice presldent-at-largo. Mrs. Lillian M. N.
Htovens, Maine; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Catherine Iieut Htovens, MossaohnseU;
recording secretary, Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman,
Missouri; assisting recording secretary, Mrs.
Mr. Francis E. ileauehump, Kentucky;
tressurer, Mrs. Helen M. Barker, Illinois.
Conanty Chosen.
The Pope has chosen Itey. Dr. Thomas J.
Conanty, pastor of the Church of the Baored
Heart, Worcester, Mass., as rector of the
Catholic university nt Washington, in suc
cession to Bishop Keane. Dr. Conanty, who
is about 40 years of age, was born in Ireland,
but was educated in America and is a citizen
of the United Htntcs. For Ave year be has
been the head of the Ciitholio summer school
at I'lattstmrg, N. Y.. where he, two years
ago, entertained Cardinal Hatolll, who t hen
said that he was the man for tho rectorship.
Dr. Conanty belongs to the conservative
school of churchmen, but has not made him
self obnoxious to the Gibbons and Ireland
party by bis opposition.
Ivory Committed for Trial,
At Bow street police court, London, Ed
ward J. Ivory alius Edward Bell, the alleged
Irish-American dynamiter, ot Now York
city, charged with conspiring to cause ex
plosions, wns formally commuted for trial at
i he next session of the neutral criminal court.
Edwarl H. Carson, (J. C, member of parlia
ment for Dublin university, and formerly
solicitor-general for Ireland, Conservative,
ha been engaged fo defend Ivory.
Bryan' Majority in Florid.
The vote of Florida for President is offi
cially announced as follows: Bryan and Hew
ed, 30.100: McKinley and Hobart, 11,380;
Palmer and Bucknor, 1.778; Bryan und Wat
son, 2,063; Levering and Johnson, 808. .
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
Executions for $70,000 were Issued sgaius
Mrs. Bosa Gersou, a Philadelphia milliner.
The brick plant of Gunn A Co., In Phila
delphia, was damaged 20,000 by fire; Insur
ance, 15,000.
The miners ot Colorado will all walk out in
sympathy with the Leadyllle uuiou, who are
striking for higher wages.
The bondsmen ot It. 11 Armour, postmaster
ot t'empbis. Tone., have been culled npon to
make good a sburtago amounting to 12,300.
The Baltimore A Ohio has surrendered the
Htrasburg A Hat -'souburg leased branch to
the Houtho.'u rail vuy. It is of no uso to the
former. '
The body ot Edward del Veoehio wa
fouud near Knit Lake City with two bullet
hole In his aide. Ho has been aula lug for
two week.
In a collision of train on the Western
North Carolina railroad, nonr Hound Knob,
Fireman Howard waa killed and Engineer
William Jr ne fatally injured.
W, E. Estsrhn, electrician of the Charles
ton, H, C, police force, was acquitted of the
murder of his llligltimate child, th mother
ot which was ltose Htelnlger.
Chairman Caunon, of ths congressional
committee on appropriation, has called a
meeting ot tha sub-commltteea to met one
week before ths opening ot congress.
Ex-floy. Hoard, of Wisconsin, ha been In
dorsed lor ths position ol secretary ot agri
culture by the Kansas Htate Dairy associa
tion. A petitlou will be seut to Moj, Mc
Kinley. '
The case of W. i. Blcbter, on trial at Pitt
burg tor ths killing of little Jimmy MoC'ou
neil, ended on the 20th In a verdict ol mur
der In the second degree. A plea ot insanity
wa made by th defence.
. Ths Manitoba school question, which ha
mors than one durlug tbs past thro yearn
threatened tt disruption ot Cafladiaa cojilpil
ration,'
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